''Vitrea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of small, air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Pristilomatidae Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid ...

. According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family ''

Zonitidae Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Zonitidae is the only family in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Th ...

''.

Species

This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following: subgenus ''Vitrea'' Fitzinger, 1833 * '' Vitrea diaphana'' (Studer, 1820) * '' Vitrea transsylvanica'' (Clessin, 1877) subgenus '' Subrimatus'' A. J. Wagner, 1907 * '' Vitrea narbonensis'' (Clessin, 1877) * ''

Vitrea subrimata ''Vitrea subrimata'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. Distribution The distribution of this species is alpine and southern-European. Lisický M. J. (1991) ...

'' (Reinhardt, 1871) subgenus '' Crystallus'' R. T. Lowe, 1854 * ''

Vitrea contracta ''Vitrea contracta'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell. The 2.2-2.6 mm. shell is colourless translucent and ...

'' (Westerlund, 1871) * '' Vitrea crystallina'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) subgenus ? * '' Vitrea contortula'' (Krynicki, 1837) * '' Vitrea garganoensis'' (E. Gittenberger & Eikenboom, 2006) * '' Vitrea inae'' * '' Vitrea nadejdae'' * '' Vitrea pseudotrolli'' * ''

Vitrea pygmaea ''Vitrea pygmaea'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Pristilomatidae Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. According to the ...

'' (Boettger, 1880) * '' Vitrea striata'' * ''

Vitrea vereae ''Vitrea vereae'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. Distribution This species occurs in: * Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya ...

'' Irikov, Georgiev & Riedel, 2004 * and many others

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